Final Environmental Assessment
and Fire Management Plan for Seney National Wildlife Refuge

The final Environmental Assessment (EA) for
adopting a Fire Management Plan (FMP) for Seney National Wildlife Refuge
was signed on April 17, 2003 and is available below. The Proposed
Alternative (C) was selected which divides the Refuge into three units for
fire management purposes and will allow prescribed fire on 62,578 acres. Some
naturally ignited fires may be permitted to burn in two of the units, including
the Wilderness Area. Firebreaks will be established along certain boundaries
of the Refuge to ensure that fires could be contained within the Refuge.

The final EA and
FMP are provided below along with the Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI). Printed
copies of either document are also available at the Refuge headquarters
at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, 1674 Refuge Entrance Road, Seney, Michigan
49883 or can be requested by telephone: (906) 586-9851.